Hellēnís — G1674

Definition

feminine noun

a Grecian (i.e. non-Jewish) woman

1. a Greek woman
2. a Gentile woman

Usually translated as

Greek

Origin

feminine of G1672

• Héllēn (G1672)

Occurrences

Hellēnís occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Mark (1), Acts (1)

• Mark 7:26 — The woman was a Greek (Ἑλληνὶς), a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
• Acts 17:12 — Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks (Ἑλληνίδων), and of men, not a few.